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Locality Name:
Alpine Mine, Lone Mountain District, Esmeralda Co., Nevada, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 116
Youngest recorded age at locality: 14.4

mindat Locality ID: 60824
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-60824.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Alpine Mine, Lone Mountain District, Esmeralda Co., Nevada, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 38°1'59"N
Longitude: 117°33'39"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.033055555556,-117.56083333333
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Ag As C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mg Mo O Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag As C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mg Mo O Pb S Si Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleAragoniteCalciteClayEnargiteMalachiteMolybdeniteNoneQuartzRocksalt
ScheeliteSphaleriteTalcWollastoniteWurtzite

16 IMA Minerals at location:
Aurichalcite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)Enargite  (*)
Galena  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Malachite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Proustite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Talc  (*)Tremolite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)
Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)611614.40919
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)11614.4027770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)11614.404979
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl11614.401382
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS411614.40910
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS11614.4024243
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)611614.401066
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)211614.4012537
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS211614.405800
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS311614.40733
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO211614.4061156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS11614.4021482
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)211614.403337
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)211614.402562
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO311614.401247
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO411614.401655


5 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Kristen00018272.569.771.1±1.4K-Ar muscoviteSPR-1 YesMuscovite  36708Lone Mountain District, Esmeralda Co., Nevada, USALone Mountain AreaSilberman et al. (1978) USGSOFR78-841 
Kristen00018370.667.869.2±1.4K-Ar biotiteSPR-1A Yes  36708Lone Mountain District, Esmeralda Co., Nevada, USALone Mountain AreaSilberman et al. (1978) USGSOFR78-841 
Kristen000184116110113±3K-Ar hornblendeGB-1 Yes  36708Lone Mountain District, Esmeralda Co., Nevada, USALone Mountain AreaSilberman et al. (1978) USGSOFR78-841 
Kristen00018525.318.922.1±3.2fission track zirconGRP-1 YesZircon  36708Lone Mountain District, Esmeralda Co., Nevada, USALone Mountain AreaSilberman et al. (1978) USGSOFR78-841 
Kristen0001861514.414.7±0.3K-Arhydrothermal alteration agesanidineMiller-1 YesSanidine  36708Lone Mountain District, Esmeralda Co., Nevada, USALone Mountain AreaSilberman et al. (1978) USGSOFR78-841 

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